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IIT-Bombay student death: Parents begin hunger strike at Azad Maidan

September 24, 2026 admin

Police personnel stand guard outside IIT-Bombay after the recent death of second year B. Tech student Sahil Wakode. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Parents of IIT-Bombay student Sahil Wakode, whose death has sparked off protests at the institute’s campus, on Thursday (September 24, 2026) began a hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, seeking…

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IIT-Bombay student representatives say protest not a defence of misconduct; parents allege caste harassment

September 22, 2026 admin

Security beefed up outside the IIT Bombay campus after a student, Sahil Wakode, died by suicide after he was allegedly caught using ChatGPT during an examination, in Mumbai, on Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The parents of Sahil Wakode, a second-year student at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of…

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IIT Bombay to replace ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans after student’s death

September 22, 2026 admin

Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) hold a march in the institute’s campus to support Suryanarayana Doolla, who was removed as Dean of Administrative Affairs amid protests by students over the suicide of a 22-year-old student, in Mumbai on September 21, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI IIT Bombay has initiated the replacement…

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Crime branch to probe IIT-Bombay student death case; faculty forum backs professor named in FIR

September 20, 2026 admin

Police personnel stand guard outside the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Main Gate in Mumbai on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Mumbai Police late on Saturday (September 19, 2026) transferred the probe into the death of a second-year student at IIT-Bombay to the Crime Branch, saying an officer of the rank of…

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